Storage shelf management system, storage shelf management method, and recording medium storing storage shelf management program

Abstract

A management server includes an acquisition processing circuit that acquires an individual delivery processing time when each of a plurality of storage shelves are arranged at each of a plurality of arrangement positions, a prediction processing circuit that acquires delivery prediction information of the storage shelf, an evaluation processing circuit that evaluates combination delivery processing times corresponding to a plurality of arrangement position combinations, based on the individual delivery processing time and the delivery prediction information, and a determination processing circuit that determines one arrangement position combination, from among the plurality of arrangement position combinations, based on the combination delivery processing time.

1 . A storage shelf management system that includes one or more processing circuits and determines, with respect to a plurality of arrangement positions, an arrangement position combination of a plurality of movable storage shelves that store articles, the one or more processing circuits performing processes comprising:
 acquiring an individual delivery processing time when each of the plurality of storage shelves is arranged at each of the plurality of arrangement positions;   acquiring delivery prediction information of the storage shelf;   evaluating combination delivery processing times corresponding to a plurality of the arrangement position combinations, based on the individual delivery processing time and the delivery prediction information; and   determining one arrangement position combination, from among the plurality of arrangement position combinations, based on the combination delivery processing time.   
     
     
         2 . The storage shelf management system according to  claim 1 , wherein the one or more processing circuits perform processes comprising:
 acquiring delivery history information recording a past delivery processing time for each of the storage shelves; and   acquiring the individual delivery processing time based on the delivery history information.   
     
     
         3 . The storage shelf management system according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the delivery history information includes characteristic information of the storage shelf and characteristic information of the article, and   the one or more processing circuits perform processes comprising:
 acquiring combination determination target information including the characteristic information of the storage shelf that is a target of arrangement position combination determination, and the characteristic information of the article; and 
 acquiring the individual delivery processing time based on the sameness or similarity of the characteristic information of the storage shelf and the sameness or similarity of the characteristic information of the article, in a comparison of the delivery history information and the combination determination target information. 
   
     
     
         4 . The storage shelf management system according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the characteristic information of the storage shelf includes information related to a size or a shape of the storage shelf, and   the characteristic information of the article includes information related to a type, a size, or a weight of the article.   
     
     
         5 . The storage shelf management system according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the one or more processing circuits perform processes comprising:
 calculating an objective function including an evaluation term for the combination delivery processing time; and 
 determining the arrangement position combination in which the objective function is smallest. 
   
     
     
         6 . The storage shelf management system according to  claim 5 , wherein
 evaluation terms for the combination delivery processing time include an evaluation term for an extraction time required to move another storage shelf in order to extract a target storage shelf at a time of delivery, and an evaluation term for a movement time required to move the target storage shelf to a predetermined shipping location at the time of delivery.   
     
     
         7 . The storage shelf management system according to  claim 5 , wherein
 the objective function includes an evaluation term for a constraint condition related to an arrangement position of the article.   
     
     
         8 . The storage shelf management system according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the evaluation term for the constraint condition is a function that increases the objective function when the storage shelves storing the same article are arranged at two or more of the arrangement positions.   
     
     
         9 . A storage shelf management method that determines an arrangement position combination of a plurality of movable storage shelves that are arranged at a plurality of arrangement positions and that store articles, the storage shelf management method comprising:
 a storage shelf management method that includes one or more processing circuits performing processes including
 acquiring an individual delivery processing time when each of the plurality of storage shelves is arranged at each of the plurality of arrangement positions, 
 acquiring delivery prediction information of the storage shelf, 
 evaluating combination delivery processing times corresponding to a plurality of the arrangement position combinations, based on the individual delivery processing time and the delivery prediction information, and 
 determining one arrangement position combination, from among the plurality of arrangement position combinations, based on the combination delivery processing time. 
   
     
     
         10 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a storage shelf management program that determines an arrangement position combination of a plurality of movable storage shelves that are arranged at a plurality of arrangement positions and that store articles, the storage shelf management program causing one or more processing circuits to perform processes comprising:
 acquiring an individual delivery processing time when each of the plurality of storage shelves is arranged at each of the plurality of arrangement positions,   acquiring delivery prediction information of the storage shelf,   evaluating combination delivery processing times corresponding to a plurality of the arrangement position combinations, based on the individual delivery processing time and the delivery prediction information, and   determining one arrangement position combination, from among the plurality of arrangement position combinations, based on the combination delivery processing time.